The Myth of Generational Conflict
The Family and State in Ageing Societies
- 256 pages
- English
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The Myth of Generational Conflict
The Family and State in Ageing Societies
About this book
The ageing of Western societies has provoked extensive sociological debate, surrounding both the role of the state and whether it can afford the cost of an ageing population, and the role of the family, especially women, in supporting older people.
In this important book, the authors examine how changes, such as cuts in welfare provision, migration, urbanization and individualisation influence intergenerational relations. The collection addresses theoretical and policy issues connecting age and generation with the family and social policy, and focuses both on cross-cultural comparison within societies and analysis based on a range of societies.
This edited collection brings together a range of leading researchers and theorists from across Europe to advance a sociological understanding of generational relations, in terms of the state and the family and how they are interlinked. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in sociology, social policy and ageing, and to policy makers concerned with the implications of demographic and policy changes.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1. Equity and Solidarity Across the Generations
- 2. The Redistributive Effects of Generational Transfers
- 3. Complementarity Between Private and Public Transfers
- 4. Wealth Distribution Between Generations: A Source of Conflict or Cohesion?
- 5. Families Apart? Intergenerational Transfers In East and West Germany
- 6. Generational Relations and the Law
- 7. Discontinuous Change and Generational Contracts
- 8. Gender, the Generational Contract and Pension Privatisation
- 9. Trail-Blazers and Path-Followers: Social Reproduction and Geographical Mobility In Youth
- 10. The Transmission of Life Stories from Ethnic Minority Fathers to Their Children: A Personal Resource to Promote Social Integration
- 11. Reinventing the Generational Contract: Anticipated Care-Giving Responsibilities of Younger Germans and Turkish Migrants
- 12. Continuity and Change: The Family and Community Life of Older People In the 1990s